Healthtech startup MediSage raises $7-M

Mumbai-based doctors' focused content platform provider MediSage has raised USD 7 million (Rs 53 crore) in its first round of institutional funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from angel investors including Rahul Mukim, Director, The Carlyle Group; TP Devarajan, Managing Director, Invascent Advisory Services; Vijay Datt — Founder, Promoter and CEO of Citadel Management Consulting; and Siddharth Sikchi — Founder and Director, Clean Sciences and Technology. MediaSage would use the funds to expand its team and strengthen its product. MediSage is a knowledge community that connects the healthcare ecosystem of doctors, nurses, patient cases to pharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies.